Alex Rawnsley's inside look at the BCHL's Powell River Kings

Kings Drop 5th Straight, 3-1 to Grizzlies

Austin Kamer provided the lone highlight for the Kings en route to the team’s 8th loss of the season and 5th in as many games, a 3-1 score against the Victoria Grizzlies on Thursday night.

It’s sounding like a broken record. Not ready, not committed and not complete. Even without 3 goals inside 8 and a half minutes like on Wednesday, the Kings fell behind early shots on goal 6-1 thanks to a powerplay for the Grizzlies and several failed and weak clears that kept the Grizzlies north of centre.

The puck control and use of it was a constant theme throughout the evening. As we talk below, a lot of passes were just nowhere near tonight. Lots in skates, lots behind players, in front of players, to the side of players. What passes were on the tape were bobbled or fought. And what passes were bought in clean were quickly poked, swatted and otherwise dispatched by Grizzlies defencemen.

Tough night in goal from Jeff Smith who was the victim of a Kings team in front of him who made some key defensive errors. Individually though he didn’t look overly comfortable as the evening went on when you compare him to his very lofty usual standards.

Scoring woes continue. Just one goal on the night from Austin Kamer as the Kings buried right after the expiration of a powerplay. The goal obviously doesn’t help out with special teams as the Kings go 0/3, now 2/31 in the team’s last 12 and 0/19 since the last goal on the man advantage.

Here’s what Brock Sawyer had to say in the post game show:

The Kings return to Powell River on Friday and then head back to Vancouver Island for a day trip on Sunday to take on the Cowichan Valley Capitals at the Island Savings Centre.